Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Chapter 1 Examining the Partially Completed Crossword Puzzle: The Nature and Status of Contextual Behavioral Science -- Trends in CBS -- References -- Part I Contextual Behavioral Science Nature, Strategy, and Current Status -- Chapter 2 Why Contextual Behavioral Science Exists: An Introduction to Part I -- Why CBS Gradually Distinguished Itself from Traditional Behavior Analysis -- The Chapters in Part I -- References -- Chapter 3 Contextual Behavioral Science: An Overview -- Contextual Behavioral Science in Context: A Brief History -- Philosophy of Science -- Implications of CBS for Theory -- Implications of CBS for Research Methods -- Summarizing CBS -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Functional Contextualism and Contextual Behavioral Science -- Pragmatism: What is True is What Works -- The Unique Event in Context -- The Pragmatism of B. F. Skinner -- Functional Contextualism -- Precision -- Scope -- Depth -- Alternative Strategies: Mechanism and Organicism -- Why a Contextual Strategy is Valuable -- The Material Causality of the Body -- Private Events -- Analysis is Itself an Act in Context -- Implications of Functional Contextualism for Other Areas of Science -- Functional Contextualism and Human Values -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 5 Contextual Behavioral Science: Holding Terms Lightly -- Precision and Scope in CBS -- A CBS Metaphor from the History of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy -- Scientific Generativity across Problem-Solving Contexts -- New Terms in CBS -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 6 Pragmatism and Psychological Flexibility in the Research Context: Applying Functional Contextualism to Scientific Methodology -- Philosophical Context -- Behavioral Barriers to Scientific Progress -- Psychological Flexibility and Enhancement of Research Practices.

Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 A Functional Place for Language in Evolution: The Contribution of Contextual Behavioral Science to the Study of Human Evolution -- The Central Role of Behavior in Evolution -- The Crucial Role of Language in Human Evolution -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part II Relational Frame Theory -- Chapter 8 Relational Frame Theory: Finding Its Historical and Intellectual Roots and Reflecting upon Its Future Development: An Introduction to Part II -- Placing RFT in the Wider Context of CBS -- Units of Analysis -- Relating as a Unit of Analysis -- A Multidimensional Multilevel Framework for the Analysis of Relational Framing -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9 Relational Frame Theory: The Basic Account -- Introduction -- Section 1: Background to the Development of Relational Frame Theory -- Section 2: On the Origins and Properties of AARR -- Section 3: The Rich Complexity of AARR -- Section 4: Evidence for AARR as a Learned Operant Behavior -- Section 5: Important Additional Features of AARR -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Relational Frame Theory: Implications for the Study of Human Language and Cognition -- Introduction -- Section 1: RFT and Language -- Section 2: From Simplicity to Complexity - Analogies, Metaphors, Rules, and Instructions -- Section 3: RFT and Human Cognition -- Section 4: Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 11 Relational Frame Theory: Implications for Education and Developmental Disabilities -- Section 1: Prerequisite Skills for Derived Relational Responding -- Section 2: Language and Derived Relational Responding -- Section 3: Higher Order Cognition and Complex Relational Responding -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 12 RFT for Clinical Practice: Three Core Strategies in Understanding and Treating Human Suffering.

Following Instructions -- Interacting with Your Own Behavior -- The Joint Venture of Complex Relational Regulation and Interacting with Your Own Behavior -- A Simple Model of Psychotherapy, Informed by RFT -- Concluding Remarks -- Note -- References -- Part III Contextual Approaches to Clinical Interventions and Assessment -- Chapter 13 Contextual Approaches to Clinical Interventions and Assessment: An Introduction to Part III -- Historical Overview -- The Chapters in Part III -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 Contextual Approaches to Psychotherapy: Defining, Distinguishing, and Common Features -- Metaphors for the Emergence of Contextual CBTs -- Contextual CBT: Distinguishing Characteristics -- Approaches to Defining Contextual CBT -- Philosophical Issues and CBT -- Contextual Behavioral Science -- Future Directions -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 15 Evaluating In-Session Therapist and Client Behaviors from a Contextual Behavioral Science Perspective -- Targets of In-Session Assessment -- The Challenges of Measuring In-Session Behavior -- Assessing Changes in Client and Therapist In-Session Behaviors -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 16 Measures That Make a Difference: A Functional Contextualistic Approach to Optimizing Psychological Measurement in Clinical Research and Practice -- Section 1: Philosophical Approaches to Psychological Assessment -- Section 2: Treatment Utility of Clinical Assessment -- Section 3: Treatment Outcome and Process -- Section 4: Mapping Interventions to Measures: A Field Guide -- Section 5: Promising New Directions in Contextual Behavioral Measurement -- Summary and Conclusions -- Appendix: Process and Example Measures -- References -- Chapter 17 The Role of Experimental Psychopathology and Laboratory-Based Intervention Studies in Contextual Behavioral Science.

Bridging Basic Research and Applied Theories of Psychopathology and Intervention -- Evaluating Treatment Components and Technologies -- Limitations of Laboratory-Based Studies -- Summary -- References -- Chapter 18 Scientific Ambition: The Relationship between Relational Frame Theory and Middle-Level Terms in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy -- Contextual Behavioral Science: Progress to Date -- Section 1: A Scientific Analysis of ACT's Middle-Level Terms -- Section 2: CBS: Toward a Unified Theory -- Concluding Comments -- Acknowledgment -- Notes -- References -- Part IV Extending the CBS Tradition -- Chapter 19 A Functional Contextualist Approach to Cultural Evolution: An Introduction to Part IV -- The Public Health Perspective -- Nurturing Environments: Conditions that Appear to Be Fundamental to Human Well-being -- An Agenda for Going beyond the Clinic -- References -- Chapter 20 A Contextual Behavioral Science Approach to Parenting Intervention and Research -- The Prevention of Psychological and Behavioral Problems -- Coercion in the Context of Childrearing -- The Contribution of Parents to Coercive Processes -- Parenting is Stressful -- Contextual Behavioral Science Can Build on Good Science -- Relational Frame Theory -- The Power of Rule-Governed Behavior -- How Rule-Governed Behavior Can Fuel Coercive Family Processes -- The Role of Experiential Avoidance and Cognitive Fusion in Inflexible Parenting -- Avoidant Behaviors Undermine Parent and Child Well-being -- Bringing Parenting Behavior under Appetitive Contextual Control -- Fostering Psychological Flexibility in Parents -- ACT in Practice: An ACT-Based Parenting Intervention -- Empirical Support for ACT Parenting Interventions -- What Contextual Behavioral Science Can Bring to Parenting -- Moving Forward -- References -- Chapter 21 Contextual Behavioral Science and Education -- Overview.

Global Issues in Mainstream Education -- Behavior Analysis in Education: Small Steps and Large -- Educational Interventions Grounded in Behavioral Science -- ACT in the Classroom -- Recommendations for a CBS Educational Reform Agenda -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 22 Psychological Flexibility and ACT at Work -- ACT and Psychological Flexibility in the Workplace -- Research on ACT at Work -- Research on Psychological Flexibility in the Workplace -- Delivering ACT in the Workplace -- Overview of an ACT-Based Training Program -- Techniques for Communicating the Program's Rationale -- Cultivating Defusion and Acceptance Skills -- Cultivating Values-Based Action Skills -- The Challenge of Getting ACT Principles into the Workplace -- Psychological Flexibility and Organizational Behavior -- The Six Characteristics of Organizational Flexibility -- Conclusions: Process above Technology -- Note -- References -- Chapter 23 The Potential of Community-Wide Strategies for Promoting Psychological Flexibility -- Increasing the Prevalence of Psychological Flexibility in Entire Populations -- A CBS Public Health Approach to Reducing Prejudice -- Note -- References -- Chapter 24 The Evolution of Capitalism -- The Impact of Capitalism on Human Well-Being -- An Evolutionary Account of Capitalism -- Influencing the Practices of Modern-Day Capitalism -- ACBS as an Action and Advocacy Organization -- References -- Chapter 25 A Functional Contextualist Analysis of the Behavior and Organizational Practices Relevant to Climate Change -- The Behavior of Individuals -- The Prediction and Influence of Organization Practices -- A Summary of Necessary Actions -- A Research Agenda for the Contextual Behavioral Science Community -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 26 The Future of the Human Sciences and Society -- Contextual Behavioral Science as a Paradigm.

The Human Sciences in the Future.